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After the grilling National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice got last week from members of the 9/11 Commission, one would be...
Liberty Security & the Law
‘Elimination of al Qaeda’ was Bush’s first major security directive, Rice tells panel
President George W. Bush's first major national security policy directive was "not Russia, not missile defense, not Iraq, but the...
Balancing security & privacy during wartime
"The 9/11 Commission hearings have focused public attention again on the intelligence failures leading up to the September attacks. "Yet...
Balancing security and privacy during wartime
(Washington, D.C.): The following is one of a series of occasional papers that adds to the debate about striking the...
More charges against Islamist operative; CAIR not condemning Iraq murders
Federal officials have filed additional terrorism-related charges against Muslim activist Abdurahman Alamoudi, founder of the American Muslim Council (AMC), provider...
‘Let it happen’ – Richard Clarke helped bin Laden family flee US after 9/11
Former National Security Council counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke approved the evacuation of Osama bin Laden's relatives from the United States...
Bush team strategy to destroy al Qaeda predated 9/11
President George W. Bush's national security team devised "a strategy to eliminate al Qaeda" well before the terrorist attacks of...
NBC shows how Kerry’s ‘law enforcement’ approach to terrorism saved bin Laden’s life
Presidential candidate John Kerry, along with the majority of the Democratic establishment, believes that “The war on terror is less...
Ex-Wyden staffer arrested as Iraqi spy
A former aide to Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) was arrested as a spy for Saddam Hussein before and after the...
Americans trust Ashcroft more than ACLU – and they support the Patriot Act, too!
"More Americans trust Attorney General John Ashcroft than trust the ACLU to balance the sometimes competing values of national security...
Treason’s first cousin: ‘Heads should roll’
Senator Jay Rockefeller, the top Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, seems to think it's just spiffy if...
Dr. Waller’s Senate testimony on terrorist infiltration
Thank you, Chairman Kyl, and members of the Subcommittee for holding this important series of hearings. Thank you also for...
USA Patriot Act: Vital to protect our freedom
The USA Patriot Act and successor legislation are vital to provide the security that ensures our liberty. The Manhattan Institute's...
Alexiev testifies on Wahhabi influence in US
As we near the second anniversary of 9/11, the U.S. war on terrorism has scored some impressive successes. After denying...
Why was Sami Al-Arian in the Bush White House?
What are we to make of the fact that a Muslim extremist (or "Islamist") named Dr. Sami Al-Arian was arrested...
The Jayna Davis files
(Washington, D.C.): On Sunday, the New York Times breathlessly reported on its front page (above the fold, no less) that,...